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Description: | Public:
A circular box in the form of a pocket watch; the outer lid is hinged as is the inner lid which contains a steel convex mirror. Enamel on metal and painted in colours on the inner lid as a watch face which is fitted with adjustable hands; the back is painted over a transfer print of a female figure leaning against a pyramidal monument which contains the inscription. The outer hinged lid has a blue ground decorated with gold scrolls and white stars.
Private:
A circular box in the form of a pocket watch with real hands and keyhole; the outer top is hinged as is the inner lid which is painted as a dial and has two hands; inside is a steel convex mirror. Enamel on metal and painted in colours over a transfer print on the back with a circular panel of a female figure in classical clothing leaning against a pyramidal monument on which is a medallion of a head and shoulders underneath which is a weath which contains the inscription 'Sacred to Friendship'. Within a gilt scroll border on a dark blue ground decorated with stars and rosettes in raised white enamel. The outer hinged lid is on a dark blue ground and decorated with gold scrolls and white stars.
Technique: enamelling
Technique: hand-painting
Technique: transfer printing
Material: enamel
Material: metal
patch box made in England, United Kingdom, Europe, (1958.447). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.22016 | Go to resource |
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